Jan 9, 2011 - Monkeys & Miracles

Ok so this week we baptized a father and he will soon be getting the priesthood and is planning on baptizing his wife and when his daughter turns 8, he will also baptize her. And he eventually plans on going to the temple with his family. I did the actual baptizing, and my companion Elder Summerhays confirmed him. It was really cool. Chen zhong liang is a very spiritual person who will stay in the church. I am confident in that. The ward members love him. He had about twenty people come to his baptismal service. And after I had baptized him, he kept on saying "chongxin de kaishi" new start. And he bore pure, amazing testimony that this church is true and that Jesus is the Christ. Sooooo goood.

Sorry Sisi no super quotes. Maybe next week.

Of course I didn't tell anyone it was my birthday. But they all knew anyway because they looked at my card that says I am allowed to be in Taiwan for longer than a vacation. But I did get the package you guys sent me this week. Thank you. It was very good. Oh! I bought some sweet shoes today because they were only like 12 USD. But sending them home might be kinda expensive. I don't want to wear them here.

This week we had five investigators at church. Which is really good. A couple of them were from part member families which is really special to the ward that we are directing our efforts towards completing families in the church. These people are very special. They know everything they need to do to be sealed to their family forever. They just need to go and do it.

Dad I forgot to tell you. If you buy a Mac it comes with software that can help you learn Chinese and it also has the ability to type in Chinese using pinyin or zhuyin (bopomofo).

This week we taught a lesson to a guy named John. It was so funny. I almost couldn't stop laughing. We were trying to explain why we need a savior. My companion asked him "are you perfect?" and at this piont most people say no. John said "yes."
"John. How old are you?"
"28."
"In 28 years you haven't made a single mistake, ever?" .
"nope"
"wow"
and then we ended the lesson because he is weird. Which happens a lot.

We also are teaching a man named Pan and he has a beard that goes down to his waist. So beautiful.

We also went to monkey mountain today!! again. We saw lots of monkeys.

I hope you guys like the pictures I sent.
Love,
Elder Graham